Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York Art Gallery
- York's Airfield
- The 1190 Massacre
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- The New Theatre
- Fairfax House
- New Earswick
- A New Walk
- Anglian Carving
- Viking Boot
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- A Pipkin
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Olive Oil Container
- The Red Tower
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- First World War Memorial
- The Debtors' Prison